Crowds, cosplay & craziness: Scenes from PAX West 2016

Didn’t get tickets to PAX this weekend? Here’s an inside look at the mega-video game convention that fills Seattle’s Washington State Convention Center with crowds, cosplay and a dizzying assortment of games.

This year’s show was sold-out again, drawing tens of thousands of video game enthusiasts and has been renamed as PAX West. Let’s take a look at this year’s spectacle.

PAX attendees can ride a 25-ft tall Rex, one of the dinosaurs from ARK: Survival Evolved.Long lines are everywhere for gaming talks and demos at PAX.Twitch game streaming broadcasting live from the PAX show floor.eSports announcers commentate at the ESL Arena at PAX West.Gamers try out the latest games and gaming rigs at PAX.Everyone is showing off VR games at this year’s show.PAX attendees take a break on bean bag chairs.Cosplay sword battle at PAX.

Here is a gallery of some of our favorite cosplay from this year’s show.

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